Awning



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AWNING Filed Feb. 28, 1952 Ind/6125070 665560 51222156 Wyr'ozu THU/Y0...

United States Patent C) AWNING A. B. Scott and Stanley E. Wyrozumski, Hammond, Ind., assignors to Bee Chemical Company, Chicago, llL, a corporation of Illinois Application February 28, 1952, Serial No. 273,858

2 Claims. (Cl. 20-'-57.5)

Our invention relates to an awning, and more particularly to an awning made of generally stiff sheet material such as sheet metal or plastic. Translucent fiberglass laminate has been found especially satisfactory.

One object of our invention is to provide an awning which may be completely prefabricated at a factory, and which may be easily installed by a purchaser.

Another object is to provide such an awning wherein there are means to establish a weather seal between the awning and the building wall on which the awning is to be mounted.

Another object is to provide an awning of this character which may be constructed of a plurality of components or which may be of unitary construction.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an awning of pleasing appearance, and the desirable appearance characteristics of our awning are achieved in part through the use of scalloped edges. We disclose herein the method we use to obtain the desired scalloped edges.

Other objects, advantages and details of the invention will be apparent as the description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing wherein two main Material 14 covers the front of framework 11, and it is secured in position by suitable means such as selfthreading screws 15. Front material 14 extends vertically downward from top material 12 at a point near the front edge of the latter. Y

The sides of framework 11 are covered by side rnaterial 17 that is suitably attached to the framework as by screws 18. The adjoining edges of front material 14 and side material 17 may overlap as shown at 20in Fig. 3.

A strip of resilient material 23, such as fiberglass lami* nate, extends along the rear edge of top material 12. In the case of the separate strip 23 shown in Figs. l-3, suitable means such as screws 24 are used to mount the strip in place on top material 12. A portion of strip 23 extends beyond the rear edge of top material 12, and this portion is adapted to engage the building wall 10 on which the awning is mounted. The resilience of strip 23 enables the strip to exert a resilient pressure against wall It) to provide a weather seal, as best shown in Fig. 2.

The awning is readily mounted on'a wall 10 by any suitable means such as screws 25 extending through forms of the invention are shown. It is to be understood that the descriptionand drawing are illustrative only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention except insofar as it is limited by the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a front view of one form of awning embodying our invention, the awning being shown mounted on a building wall;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of the awning shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a top view, partly broken away, of the awning shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a top view, partly broken away, showing a modification of the awning of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of another form of awning embodying our invention, this form being an awning of unitary construction, and

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of the awning shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to Figs. l-3 of the drawing, our awning is shown mounted on a building wall 10. The awning comprises a framework 11 of any desired shape, preferably of the shape illustrated. Framework 11 may be made of metal, wood or other suitable material.

Framework 11 has its top, front and sides covered with generally stiff sheet. material which is attached to the framework. The sheet material used is preferably corrugated as shown in the drawing.

The top of framework 11 is covered with sheet material 12, and in the case of a wide awning two overlapping sections of material may be used, as shown. Self-threading screws 13 extending into apertures in framework 11 may be used for attaching material 12 to the framework. It will be noted in this form of the invention that material 12 extends beyond the framework at the front and sides thereof.

framework members and into the wall.

The modification of Fig. 4 is similar to the form shown in Figs. l-3 except that framework 11 has a rounded shape at its front, vertical corners, and the material 27 of the front and sides is unitary. This modification has the same sealing strip 23 of resilient material that was described in connection with the awning of Figs. 1-3.

It will be noted that the front edge of top material 12 (Fig. 3) and the lower edges of front material 14 and side material 17 (Figs. 1 and 2) are scalloped. The sealloped effect is given to the above designated edges by cutting the corrugated material along a straight line with a cutter, such as a saw, disposed at an angle of about 45 with the main plane of the sheet material.

The form of our invention illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 is characterized by a unitary construction. Suitable dies or molds are employed to provide an awning of desired. 1

shape.

The Figs. 5 and 6 form of the invention comprises a unitary body made up of generally stilf sheet material. The body has a forwardly inclined top portion 30, a front portion 31 extending downwardly from the forward edge of top portion 30, and side portions 32 extending downwardly from the side edges of top portion 30. Side portions 32 also form lateral extensions of the sides of front portion 31. The free, lower edges front and side portions 31 and 32 may or may not be scalloped, as desired.

The rear edge portion 33 of top portion 30 is adapted to engage the building wall 34 on which the awning is mounted (Fig. 6), and it is adapted to exert resilient pressure against wall 34 to provide a seal.

Suitable means such as lugs 35 are provided at the rear of the awning for mounting same on wall 34. Screws 36 or the like may pass through the lugs and extend into the wall, as shown in Fig. 6.

From the above description it is thought that the construction and advantages of our invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or losing the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An awning comprising a unitary rigid framework having rigidly connected upper and lower side and front members lying in side and front vertical planes with the upper members lying in a plane at an angle to horizontal, the-framework including vertical back members adapted to be secured to the wall of a building with the framework projecting therefrom, corrugated translucent sheets covering and secured to the front and sides of the framework and mounted with the corrugations extending vertically and terminating in top edges lying in the plane of the upper members of the framework, the lower edges of the front and sides sloping at an acute angle to the main planes of the front and sides to provide scalloped edges, and a flat corrugated top sheet fitting over the top of the framework and mounted with the corrugations extending from front to rear, the rear edge of the top sheet abutting the wall on which the framework is mounted and the front edge of the top sheet projecting beyond the top edge of the front sheet to form air vents between its corrugations and the top edge of the front sheet.

2. An awning comprising a unitary rigid framework having rigidly connected upper and lower side and front members lying in side and front vertical planes with the upper members lying in a plane at an angle to horizontal, the framework including vertical back members adapted to be secured to the wall of a building with the framework projecting therefrom, corrugated translucent sheets covering and secured to the front and sides of the framework and mounted with the corrugations extending vertically and terminating in top edges lying in the plane of the upper members of the framework, the lower edges of the front and sides sloping at an acute angle to the main planes of the front and sides to provide scalloped edges, and a fiat corrugated top sheet fitting over the top of the framework and mounted with the corrugations extending from front to rear, the rear edge of the top sheet abutting the wall on which the framework is mounted and the front edge of the top sheet projecting beyond the top edge of the front sheet to form air vents between its corrugations and the top edge of the front sheet and a straight resilient sealing strip extending across and secured to the tops of the corrugations at the rear edge of the top sheet with its rear edge extending beyond the top sheet and upwardly therefrom resiliently to engage and seal against the wall.

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